Advance registration is now closed. Onsite registration will be accepted at this conference. If you are planning to register onsite or have any questions, please contact the course manager Gaelen Lombard at LombardG@ocme.ucsf.edu or by phone 415-476-4253.

Pricing includes: Club Level Tickets to World Series Champions- SF Giants vs. Miami Marlins along with Course Faculty; Exclusive Club Level Entry; VIP Club Level Buffet Reception preceding game featuring ballpark favorites and Microbrews; AT&T Park Club Level Seating- All for only $90

Each attendee is welcome to purchase one additional guest ticket at this amazing price. Purchase early as this event will sell out.

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Overview:

Medicine today relies increasingly on diagnostic, prognostic, and screening tests. We spend vast resources on testing, and new tests are being developed and marketed all the time. Medical professionals, educators, policy makers, journal editors, and researchers need to know how to:

critically appraise a journal article about a new test;

determine if the new test is superior to an existing test;

determine if the new test adds anything to the history,physical exam, and other tests;

use the new test in clinical practice and interpret its results.

This hands-on workshop uses real examples from the medical literature and clinical practice to help practitioners, teachers, policy makers, and researchers learn how to evaluate and use medical tests. These skills are hard to learn just by reading articles and books or by listening to lectures. The course faculty has found that the best (and the most fun) way to learn this material is by working through problems in small groups. We are clinician-teachers, policy makers, editors, and researchers in several different specialties (Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology, Neurology, and Family Medicine). Like you, we struggle to keep up with the rapid advances in diagnostic technology and stay abreast of changes in testing strategies.

While most of the course will cover diagnostic and prognostic tests, the Friday afternoon session will focus on controversies in breast, cervical, prostate, colon and lung cancer screening.

The course venue is located in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at China Basin Landing, 1 block from the San Francisco CalTrain station and Muni lines N, T, 30, 45, and 47. It is also right across 3rd Street from AT&T Park, where the World Champion San Francisco Giants will be playing the Miami Marlins on the Thursday evening between the first and second days of the course. We have reserved a block of tickets on the Club Level and will have a faculty and attendee reception with food and beverages prior to the game. (Optional event for extra charge.)

This course is presented by the Division of Clinical Epidemiology of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine, through the Office of Continuing Medical Education. The textbook “Evidence-Based Diagnosis” by Drs. Newman and Kohn (Cambridge University Press, 2009) is an important component of the curriculum, and you may wish to purchase it in advance to familiarize yourself with the concepts. The course accepts no funding from for-profit corporations.

INTENDED AUDIENCEThe course is aimed primarily at physicians, particularly those in teaching, policy making, editorial, or research positions who are involved in training other clinicians to interpret results, approving tests for clinical use, deciding how to report results, and studying test accuracy. However, it will be valuable for anyone who wishes to critically evaluate and apply clinical research about medical tests.

Ability to account for special issues related to screening and genetic markers of prognosis and ability to integrate that understanding into selection and interpretation of tests.

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Joshua M. Galanter, MDAssistant Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and of Medicine; Attending Physician, Department of Medicine,University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center

Norman Hearst, MD MPHProfessor of Family & Community Medicine,and of Epidemiology & BiostatisticsUniversity of California, San Francisco;Attending Physician, UCSF Lakeshore Family Medicine Center

Delphine S. Tuot, MD, MASDivision of Nephrology and Center for Innovation in Access and Quality,San Francisco General HospitalAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSFAttending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital

Directions to the conference via public transportation:
Take the 30 or 45 Muni bus down 4th street (the bus stop is located on 4th street between Market and Mission Streets) and get off at the last stop by the CalTrain station. China Basin Landing is located one block away on Berry Street (between 4th and 3rd Streets).

Cancellation Policy:Cancellations received in writing before the first day of the course will be refunded, less a $75 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date.